Day Trading or Long term?

[Dex]

I did stocks for 6 or 7 months and I switched to Oil and the ES and will never go back to stocks. Futures is so much easier for me. I am much more consistent

 

[NWO]

I say we have a little contest...1 week investment of...25k. I know alot of you guys are more long term investors but lets see what you could do in a limited timeframe. anyone in?

 

[C T J]

This is my profession. I go head to head with other traders in the markets. That's my contest, haha

 

[mugzy]

Here is one for you.

VPLM ..........we bought 3MM shares 15 months ago at .008 and will ride this to the buyout at $2.50-$3.50 All patents are approved and negotiations to sell the company have begun.

This stock is down 8% today so I'm going to go ahead and grab 20k shares. Looks like they have two promising patents pending.

 

[Ms.Wetback]

This stock is down 8% today so I'm going to go ahead and grab 20k shares. Looks like they have two promising patents pending.

They have 5 patents that are locked in and approved. One of them Microsoft tried for and was denied about two years ago, VPLM was approved.

It is going to sell for $2-$4B inside of 6-9 months TOPS imo. Your 20K shares should be worth $40-$80K and you'll own me dinner

 

[chadstallion]

long term; with financial planner.

 

[Dex]

I say we have a little contest...1 week investment of...25k. I know alot of you guys are more long term investors but lets see what you could do in a limited timeframe. anyone in?

You looking for stocks or can we trade futures?

 

[JR Ewing]

I say we have a little contest...1 week investment of...25k. I know alot of you guys are more long term investors but lets see what you could do in a limited timeframe. anyone in?

Not my game these days, but I love that competitive spirit. Occasionally the short term profits are there for the taking and I pounce on them. But 95% of my time, money, and focus is on fundamental investing - mostly bottom-up. And I learned a long time ago not to try to force the realized short-term gains - I take them if they present themselves along the normal course of a day or week, otherwise I don't try to find them.

 

[JR Ewing]

long term; with financial planner.

That's the best route for most people to take.

 

[Ms.Wetback]

VPLM baby..........watch it GOOOOOOOOO.

We bought a cpl million at .008 and it will get bought out here shortly for $4.00-$6.00 !!!

 

[Dex]

We trade patterns so I thought this was interesting. Is the sell off over? Seems the market has rebounded pretty hard. Friday of last week and Monday and Tuesday have had great movement and volume. Today was a PITA http://tos.mx/ydMjyg

 

[GermaniaK]

What weighting to you guys place on the importance of fundamentals versus technical analytics? Being an accountant it is very hard for me to make a move on technicals if the fundamentals are raising alarm bells, i.e. short term liquidity issues, high gearing, etc. except where I find a stock that is under-valued in which case I wait for a support line before jumping in and selling on the upward motion.